§ Mr. GEORGE GREENWOODasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the amount of unclaimed County Courts suitors' money transferred in each year from 1847 to 1869 to the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, or otherwise disposed of, and the aggregate amount of unclaimed County Courts suitors' money and of unclaimed bankruptcy dividends received from the County Courts since 1869; and how much of those moneys has been applied to the reduction of the National Debt, and how much has been otherwise, and how, dealt with?
Mr. McKINNON WOODUnclaimed suitors' money taken from County Courts, including unclaimed dividends under administration orders made pursuant to Section 122 of the Bankruptcy Act, 1883, is appropriated in aid of the expenditure from the Vote for County Courts from year to year; the amount is not large—averaging £2,495 per annum in the last three years. There are no materials at the Treasury from which a statement could be given in respect of the periods mentioned in the question.